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A day after the premiere of Despicable Me movie, Namco has released Despicable Me: Minion Mania for the iPad and iPhone. Awesome weapons and power ups include an anti-gravity potion. Namco’s iPad version is coming out July 7 with the film’s official release two days later on July 9. Namco also released PAC-Match Party HD for the iPad. This Match-3 Puzzle Game, includes 30 levels of crazy combos and power-ups. In celebration of Pac Man’s birthday, Namco released a Flash version of PAC-Match Party. Accompany this two great titles, Namco added Isaac Newton’s Gravity HD for the iPad. This physics-based puzzle game promisses 100 brain-teasing levels of fun. Despicable Me: Minion Mania, PAC- Match Party and Isaac Newton’s Gravity HD are all available from the Apps Store & the Flash version is available at http://pacman.com/en/games/flash/pac-match-party. Follow

This week, Valve is giving you a look at the demo they let people play at E3. Only thing is, you don’t actually get to play it, and it’s being released in seven parts. But hey, a video will suffice, right? (If you’d prefer words about a video instead, our previous E3 demo coverage is here.) In today’s installment, you meet Wheatley, a personality sphere who just happens to be one of the game’s new characters. Follow

Looks like zombies have gotten to the Capcom offices. Or something like that. Dead Rising 2, originally slated for an August 31 release in North America, has been pushed back in both Europe and North America – September 28 for the United States and Canada, and October 1 for Europe. It’s just 28 days later (insert creepy music here), but hopefully the change will have a positive effect. Follow

When I heard that Stephenie Meyer wanted to write a novella about a minor character in the Twilight series, I started to look for who this minor character could possibly be. Surely it wouldn’t be any of Bella’s classmates, because really, what do they have to offer to the whole story except for maybe their individual thoughts on watching Bella and Edward from the outside? So I began to think it would be about one of the werewolves, and I hoped it was about Leah. But obviously my hopes were dashed to the ground as I saw the title of Meyer’s novella: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. It took me a minute to realize who Bree even was. In case you don’t remember either, Bree was the newborn vampire at the end of Eclipse who surrendered to the Cullens at the end of the big fight. My first

We all knew the Nintendo 3DS details were coming out at E3 this year. But I was not prepared for how much the details of the 3DS would excite me. The potential for this little piece of hardware are insane. The Nintendo 3DS will open a new world of possibilities to gaming and as a gamer, that makes me giddy. Let’s run down the specs first: The 3DS is light at about 8 ounces. The system is 5.3 inches wide, 2.9 inches long and .8 inches tall The colors are to be determined I believe. The top screen has 800×240 resolution. There is one inner camera and two outer cameras. A “slide pad” is new (and feels great) and it includes a motion sensor and a gyro sensor. The 3DS also includes a 3D Depth slider which allows gamers to adjust the level of the 3D effect. This means you